At the 1987 Future of Freedom Conference in California we discussed education malpractice. I was involved with pursuing the topic: Public Education on Trial.
Below are some excerpts from our brochure:
The world is very much as described in Orwell’s 1984.
However, on a small secret island, SANOS, live several hundred people, mostly of the libertarian persuasion. Having detected – […]
Archive for May, 2008
Public Education on Trial
Published by May 16th, 2008 in Blog, Education Malpractice and Education Reform. 0 CommentsSchool Boards Suspicious of Independent-Minded Parents
Published by May 30th, 2008 in Blog and Abolish School Boards. 0 CommentsAbolishing school boards should lead to parents being the governors of their own individual schools. Yes, like the one-room school house of old.
Trustees would be the parents in that school – not a host of “civic-minded” politicians, often teachers and teacher union activists. Parents would be the overseers of school quality and achievement, the ones to […]
Teacher Unions Can Bankrupt School Boards via Legal Challenges
Published by May 31st, 2008 in Blog and Abolish School Boards. 0 CommentsContinuing to add to my online archives about school reform efforts over the last 40 years I found the following letter to the Editor from 1986.
Letter of the Day, North Shore News, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 19/86
Every School Needs its OWN Trustees
Parents have despaired for years about the lack of quality control in the […]